Rowan berry butter
This is one of my favourite autumn rituals, and it produces a divine tart but sweet fruit butter which is perfect with either fatty meat or strong cheese.
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Of rosehips and spiders
Don’t you just love autumn? There is something so nostalgic about those last gentle rays of summer, and the chilly mists which descend in the evenings. I love the early-morning dewy spider webs strung like…
Come with me on a tour of my herb garden
Spring and summer are very busy times of year for me, as I race around trying to catch up with the abundance of Nature while she provides wonderful herbal medicines.
Low in mood and energy?
It is always the basic premise of holistic medicine to try to ascertain the underlying cause of the problem presented to us. Both a low mood and fatigue can have so many causes. Our energy…
Herb Tastes:
You can feel the stirring under your feet, as the Earth prepares to explode into spring. Gardeners may be looking with weary resignation as nettles and ground elder bullishly thrust their heads above the ground,…
Egypt – offerings to the Gods
Egypt was like a dream. Mad, chaotic, hot and dusty, with gentle, kind people, and soft pink sunsets infused with the haunting calls to prayer flowing over the golden sunset waters of the Nile. Egypt…
Nefertari’s Unguent
The story begins with Adrian and I booking to go on a Nile cruise in late February. Of course, I am doing all the research on ancient Egypt that I can, and in the process,…
How I deal with a cold or flu
At the first sign of that chilly, shivery feeling, I give myself a dose of Anti Viral Drops, which is a potent blend of essential oils which help to kill the virus. But this is…
What can herbs do for you?
It is interesting that in days gone by, wounds and infections were the biggest reasons to use herbs. Today, the medical herbalist is required more to focus on calming anxiety, strengthening an exhausted person, balancing…
Birch Polypore:
Around 5000 years ago, a man, who we call Otzi the Iceman, was high up in the Alps between the border of Austria and Italy, when he was killed by an arrow. This may have…